JimOnLight at #USITT 2015, in Photos

USITT 2015: back from the show, glad to have gone! Lots of friendly familiarity and new friends, libations of all sorts, and I finally had some time to see some folks I haven’t seen in a long time.

After this show particularly, I always feel pretty full of heart. I’m going to hopefully be spending more time with everyone at trade shows since I’m no longer designing trade show booths at work… which reminds me, anyone need an LD? I’m in the South Florida area, interested in picking up a jam band of some kind! I’m interested in doing something totally off-the-frigging-wall different with a band, something completely insane with light.

Here are a crap ton of photos from the 2015 USITT Conference and Stage Expo in Cincinnati, Ohio — click on any image for the JimOnLight Lightbox!

Peace and Love… alking through MIA to my gate

Cool…

Hello, Cincinnati! Well, actually Kentucky…

Pretty cool view of the roof at the Millennium Cincinnati…

Waiting for freight! WOW, these LED fixtures are DIM! We learned they were on 1%.

No idea what this was, but cool it was.

Jim and Jesse from Rose Brand!

Wait. Freight. Wait. Freight.

Check these ol’ custom Shepherd jobs out!

Fork YOU!

Almost done, load in was a breeze.

Hyatt. Big brown book.

Hilton. The lobby and bar in this place were art deco awesomesauce.

Someone said these were Justin Lang’s shoes. They were. Are. Whatever. Justin was in these shoes.

Ha haaaa

No swimming, no water.

Night time Hyatt book.

KEYA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Check out these folks. MODTruss. Cool stuff.

PRO booth from afar

Jim and Rick Hutton!

The silent auction.

Twins.

CARLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jim and Lowell! LOWELL!!!

MATT FREAKING HAZARD! So good to see you brother.

NORTHWESTERN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The floor, from that walking bridge in the convention center…

The floor, from that walking bridge in the convention center…

Grad school smiles!!!

THE BABIES!!! Baby Obermeyer, Betsy, and Jim

Fire Alert! Someone used atmospherics and Cinci was not ready.

Hi Matt!

Let’s put the whole convention on hold, Duke Energy Arena!

Nic!!!

Richard Cadena, Jim, Ben Dickmann

Check out the bar in the Hilton!

Check out the bar in the Hilton!

Check out the bar in the Hilton!

Check out the bar in the Hilton!

Check out the bar in the Hilton!

Check out the bar in the Hilton!

Check out the bar in the Hilton!

Check out the bar in the Hilton!

USITT 2015 Show Floor…

USITT 2015 Show Floor… ELC/Stagelight

USITT 2015 Show Floor…

USITT 2015 Show Floor… Chroma-Q

USITT 2015 Show Floor… BMI

USITT 2015 Show Floor… High End Systems

USITT 2015 Show Floor… Altman Lighting

USITT 2015 Show Floor…

USITT 2015 Show Floor… ETC

USITT 2015 Show Floor… ETC

USITT 2015 Show Floor… ETC

USITT 2015 Show Floor…

USITT 2015 Show Floor…

USITT 2015 Show Floor…

USITT 2015 Show Floor…

USITT 2015 Show Floor…

USITT 2015 Show Floor… Pathport

USITT 2015 Show Floor… BMI

USITT 2015 Show Floor…

USITT 2015 Show Floor… ELC/Stagelight

USITT 2015 Show Floor… Steeldeck

USITT 2015 Show Floor…

USITT 2015 Show Floor… Mega Lite

USITT 2015 Show Floor… Backdrops Beautiful

USITT 2015 Show Floor…

USITT 2015 Show Floor…

USITT 2015 Show Floor… InLight Gobos

USITT 2015 Show Floor…

Hi Richard!

USITT 2015 Show Floor… Grosh

USITT 2015 Show Floor… ENTTEC

USITT 2015 Show Floor… ENTTEC

USITT 2015 Show Floor… ENTTEC

USITT 2015 Show Floor… ROSCO

USITT 2015 Show Floor… ROSE BRAND

USITT 2015 Show Floor… Steel Deck

USITT 2015 Show Floor… Wenger

How was YOUR #USITT? Did you see everything you wanted? Did you meet new people and make new contacts? Leave us a message on the post!

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